how long do you have to be in congress and the house of representative to gualitfy for a pension
Five (5) years.
1 term
Congressmen and Senators in the US have no term limits.
They hold office until they either die or retire.
8 years
The pope remains in office until death unless he resigns.
political appointees generally remain in office until a government that they are not loyal to is elected, or if they do not fulfil their job and are therefore fired. The final one is retirement when they choose to not remain in office.
The congressman's long speech made his voice very drone after an hour
Unless a specail election is called by the Governor of the state - until the next scheduled regular election.
Yes and No The idea of a retirement age was considered by the founding fathers at the conventions in the 1890's, but no retirement age was added to the constitution as they wanted to maintain the independent judiciary. The mandatory retirement age for judges (70) was added to the Australian Constitution in the referendum of 1977. The referendum was triggered by a Senate committee report, and many of the reasons they suggested it was based on examples in the US where there is no retirement age for federal judges.
I long for retirement.
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Her/his term is for 6 years. They them have to run again.
He died of a massive heart attack in 1973, a little less than 4 years after leaving office.